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- SCO Unix
- An enhanced version of Unix System V Release 3.2 for Intel processors from SCO. In 1989, SCO Unix was introduced as a major upgrade to SCO XENIX with more...
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- Healthcare Solution Provider Finds Competitive Advantage in Move From SCO UNIX to Windows
- American HealthNet wanted to increase ease of use for both the business users and IT staff at its customers; customers neither knew nor wanted to learn SCO UNIX. The company also wanted to expand functionality - both by adding modules for new uses, and by enabling interactivity over the Web....
- Tags: Competitive Advantage, SCO Group Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., SCO Unix, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, E-health, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-28
- Sun and Oracle talk SCO, Unix licensing
- Sun and Oracle talk SCO, Unix licensingAt a press conference in San Francisco, Sun's Scott McNealy and Oracle's Larry Ellison discuss Microsoft's plans to license Unix technology from SCO Group.
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Unix, Oracle Corp., SCO Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Videos 2003-05-20
- Software Provider Moves From SCO UNIX to Windows, Doubles Rate of Business Growth
- Spruce Computer Systems saw the need to update its UNIX-based building-supply business software. With help from DTR Business Systems, a Microsoft NXT Delivery Partner, Spruce migrated to Windows Server and the Microsoft .NET Framework. It's doubled the rate of signed contracts and added customers it couldn't reach with its UNIX...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., SCO Unix, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, Software, Management
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Additional Resources
- Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac
- I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- How to lose customers by not even trying
- How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Evil tech administrators
- Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...
- Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...
- Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer
- Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...
- Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Immobile Apple
- Immobile AppleApple needs to get their act togetherI'm a big Apple supporter but they really need to be held to the fire when it comes to issues like this. .Mac has always seemed a little janky and I was hoping MobileMe would be the turnaround point. Looks like they screwed...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...
- Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...
- Tags: Information Technology, Industry, OpenBSD, Bug, Attack, Linux Creator, Torvalds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Security, Software, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia
- News items 2008-07-17
- Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostage
- Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostageMY HEROIt's about time that somebody had the JEWELS to do this, but it is not worth the jail time.I know an Island where they take people like him and make them cry or put him in with other folk to do some...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Construction, Abbie, network guy, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Carbon Copy Cloner (txt)
- Have you ever wanted a simple, complete, bootable backup of your hard drive? Have you ever wanted to upgrade to a larger hard drive with minimal hassle and without reinstalling your OS and all of your applications? Have you ever wanted to move your entire Mac OS X installation to...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Disk, Mike Bombich, CCC, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughts
- Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughtsWho else has a dog in the hunt?If the court says that part of Apple's EULA is unenforceable, when it's a part that's so essential to Apple's business model, then who else has questionable terms in their...
- Tags: Milton Bradley, EULA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Pystar
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Psystar.com offline ...
- Psystar.com offline ...It's dead, Jim.Nolo connecte.Psystar sold more than Apple clonesWhat would give Apple the right to terminate their entire web site because of one product they sell? If I object to something on Amazon's site do I have that same right?The Digg EffectntIt's up.I can get to it at...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Psystar.com, Psystar, Apple Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'Despite all this I'm still hoping for Psystar FTW! Low cost OS X machines could do a lot of good. Apple doesn't see the potential here to raise more revenue...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, AppŁe
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Should the Empire strike back?
- Should the Empire strike back?Proof that Apple pays astro-turfers![i]When I was at Apple, one the competitive team’s central goals was to goad Microsoft and Intel into targeting us in public. ... [b]We hounded them in online discussions.[/b][/i]Well, that explains many of the talkbacks! I've always suspected that Apple paid these...
- Tags: UNIX, apple ad, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Empire Strike Back
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Confirmed: Apple files suit against Psystar
- Confirmed: Apple files suit against PsystarThis may end the US based Mac clonesBut it is a big, big world and other countries don't honor the US's laws. I would not be feeling to secure about my overseas markets if I was Apple.Adrian, the hater of PsystarHe seems to have a...
- Tags: Psystar, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
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